President Yoon Orders Interior Minister to Prepare for Typhoon Arrival as He Leaves for Overseas Trip
It appears that this typhoon is not going to impact South Korea as much as previously expected, but if it does veer and hit the country, President Yoon is setting himself up for criticism if he is not here when a natural disaster hits:
After forming in the ocean off the Philippines on Sept. 13, Nanmadol developed into a typhoon the following day and started moving north with a “weak” intensity and wind speeds of between 17 m/s and 24 m/s. The intensity grew to very strong on Sunday morning.
Korea Times
President Yoon Suk-yeol told his officials to remain wary of Nanmadol as he stepped on the presidential jet Sunday morning to leave for the U.K., his first stop on a weeklong official trip.
Yoon instructed Interior Minister Lee Sang-min to prepare the country for the approaching typhoon, according to Lee Jae-myeong, the vice-spokesperson of the presidential office.
With much of the country’s essential industrial infrastructure still recovering from the impact of Hinnamnor, including a POSCO steel plant in North Gyeongsang Province, the president ordered the interior minister to “thoroughly prepare for the typhoon at all costs as the country has been under threats from back-to-back natural disasters.”
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